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Great movies- Chinatown
Sep. 2nd, 2007 12:17 pm Chinatown is a Roman Polanski movie made in 1974. It's a very dark movie, possibly because it was made five years after Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered by the Manson family.
The film stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway and takes place in the 1940s period. I'm on and off about Nicholson because sometimes I like him, and sometimes I don't. I quite liked him in this. He plays a private investigator who tails people having extramarital affairs. He begins to investigate a supposed affair involving Mr. Mulray, who is the chief engineer of water and power. The story is based on a real-life case involving water trade and dumping in an area around Los Angeles in the 1940s.
I'm not going to go into the plot excep to say that it's neo-noir, and involves a lot of weird twists including murder, and double-crossing, and so on.
I found it funny that the last two movies that I watched in the Great movies project were homages to a city. "Chinatown" really embraces and caresses the details of early L.A. in a gorgeous way.
This movie also solidified my like of Faye Dunaway. She's made a lot of crap in the last few years, but after watching "Chinatown" and "Network", I'm really looking forward to "Bonnie and Clyde."
The 40s are one of my favourite eras on film; I love fedoras and three piece suits and the stylistic make-up with red lips and small brows. There's something about the classiness of the 40s aesthetic that really does this for me.
The film stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway and takes place in the 1940s period. I'm on and off about Nicholson because sometimes I like him, and sometimes I don't. I quite liked him in this. He plays a private investigator who tails people having extramarital affairs. He begins to investigate a supposed affair involving Mr. Mulray, who is the chief engineer of water and power. The story is based on a real-life case involving water trade and dumping in an area around Los Angeles in the 1940s.
I'm not going to go into the plot excep to say that it's neo-noir, and involves a lot of weird twists including murder, and double-crossing, and so on.
I found it funny that the last two movies that I watched in the Great movies project were homages to a city. "Chinatown" really embraces and caresses the details of early L.A. in a gorgeous way.
This movie also solidified my like of Faye Dunaway. She's made a lot of crap in the last few years, but after watching "Chinatown" and "Network", I'm really looking forward to "Bonnie and Clyde."
The 40s are one of my favourite eras on film; I love fedoras and three piece suits and the stylistic make-up with red lips and small brows. There's something about the classiness of the 40s aesthetic that really does this for me.
